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...invasion was conducted with the declared purpose of protecting the lives of 1,000 Americans who were trapped on the island after a bloody, left-wing military coup. Although six of Grenada's worried Caribbean neighbors had requested the U.S. action and supplied a token force of 400 men to the operation, many nations accused the U.S. of violating international law. Still, as the surprisingly difficult military operation continued, the Administration was able to produce evidence that Grenada was becoming a Soviet-Cuban base that threatened U.S. strategic interests in the Caribbean...
With some 1,900 U.S. troops now on Grenada, the Pentagon ordered two battalions of reinforcements from the 82nd Airborne Division, based at Fort Bragg, N.C. That brought the invasion force to 3,000. Conceded Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman John Vessey: "We got a lot more resistance than we expected...
...nightfall on the invasion's first day, the U.S. force was far from firmly in control of Grenada. It was not until 7:12 a.m. on Wednesday that the Marines were able to overcome troops besieging the Governor General's mansion and join the Seals who were inside it. Scoon and 32 civilians with him asked to be taken out of Grenada for their own protection. They were carried by helicopter to the Guam...
...highly critical of the invasion, contending that his students had not been in danger before it began. He had urged students to remain in school, saying they could not expect a refund of their $6,000 annual tuition if they left. Now his assistant, Kopycinski, took the microphone in Grenada and pleaded, "Our water supply has been cut off and food supply is scarce, and we'd all feel a hell of a lot better if we could see some American faces around the campus...
Relations worsened when Bishop announced in November 1979 that Fidel Castro would help Grenada build a new "international airport," ostensibly to aid the island's tourist business. A Cuban construction brigade, using 85 pieces of Soviet heavy construction equipment, arrived in December to start the work. The airport's 10,000-ft. runway would be compatible with both tourist-laden jumbo jets and long-range military aircraft...